An act TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 10 TRANSFORMATION AND SHARED SERVICES - BUILDING 11 AUTHORITY DIVISION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas           A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                        SENATE BILL 337

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5 By: Joint Budget Committee

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8                             For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF

10  TRANSFORMATION AND SHARED SERVICES - BUILDING

11  AUTHORITY DIVISION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS;

12  AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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15                            Subtitle

16                       AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF

17                       TRANSFORMATION AND SHARED SERVICES -

18                       BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION CAPITAL

19                       IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.

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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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24  SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - CAPITAL PROJECTS. There is hereby

25 appropriated, to the Department of Transformation and Shared Services -

26 Building Authority Division, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in

27 the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State,

28 the following:

29  (A) for abatement of hydronic piping of the state-owned building at 501

30 Woodlane, in a sum not to exceed ...................................$800,000.

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32  SECTION 2. DISBURSEMENT CONTROLS. (A) No contract may be awarded nor

33 obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects

34 described herein in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available

35 therefor as provided by law. Provided, however, that institutions and

36 agencies listed herein shall have the authority to accept and use grants and

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1 donations including Federal funds, and to use its unobligated cash income or

2 funds, or both available to it, for the purpose of supplementing the State

3 Treasury funds for financing the entire costs of the project or projects

4 enumerated herein. Provided further, that the appropriations and funds

5 otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General

6 Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall

7 not be used for any of the purposes as appropriated in this act.

8   (B) The restrictions of any applicable provisions of the State

9 Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the

10 Revenue Stabilization Law and any other applicable fiscal control laws of

11 this State and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and

12 Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in

13 disbursement of any funds provided by this act unless specifically provided

14 otherwise by law.

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16  SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General

17 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations

18 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for

19 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive

20 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget

21 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or

22 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative

23 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.

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25  SECTION 4. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General

26 Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the

27 appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the

28 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of

29 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in

30 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the

31 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm

32 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental

33 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act

34 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health

35 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025.

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